IS MCCOY ANY DIFFERENT THAN TURNER? NOW’S TIME TO PROVE IT

Did those results reflect a lack of roster strength? Of course. But they also reflected a lack of belief.

When people discuss sports’ great coaches — the Vince Lombardis, John Woodens and Phil Jacksons — the stories never center around X’s and O’s, but rather their peerless way of inspiring players.

So does McCoy have that gift?

If you go solely by his words, generally a collection of clichés that he repeats on a loop, the betting line would probably say no. Tuesday, he said that his team had to “move on,” “put this one behind us,” and “take it one game at a time,” but predictably failed to deliver any rousing gem.

Luckily for him, football isn’t a game of words. And luckily for fans of the Chargers, a coach can say just as much with his approach to practice as he can with his mouth.

So now is his chance. Now is the opportunity for McCoy to show that, with him, the Chargers are in good hands.

Because if he doesn’t, with two road games coming up, this could quickly get out of hand.